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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Hunter Engineering Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Michael T. Stieff, Wentzville, MO (US);
Timothy A. Strege, Sunset Hills, MO (US);
Daniel R. Dorrance, Ballwin, MO (US);
Assignee:
Hunter Engineering Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01M 17/007 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01M 17/007 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle measurement station utilizing one or more displacement sensors disposed on each opposite side of an inspection region of a vehicle inspection lane to acquire displacement measurement data along associated measurement axes. At least a portion of the displacement measurement data is associated with the outermost wheel assemblies on an axle of a moving vehicle passing through the inspection region, and utilized to determine one or more vehicle characteristics, such as an axle total toe condition.